Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys in Ireland (consumer, construction, industry, retail trade and services surveys) – August 2024 – April 2026

The European Commission is launching a call for proposals for carrying out business and consumer surveys, as part of the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of business and consumer surveys (BCS) in Ireland (consumer, construction, industry, retail trade and services surveys).

The BCS programme is designed to gather information on the state of the economies in the EU and candidate countries, to be able to compare their business cycles for economic and monetary union (EMU) management purposes.

The co-operation between the Commission and future beneficiaries shall be established in the form of a Framework partnership agreement that will be concluded for the period August 2024 - April 2026.

How to submit a proposal?

Please read carefully the detailed instructions in section 15) ‘SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS’ in the call for proposals with ref. 2024 ECFIN 002/A3.

Applications shall be sent electronically and exclusively to the functional mailbox ECFIN-GRANT-PROPOSALSec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ECFIN-GRANT-PROPOSALS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) no later than 13 June 2024, 14.00 (CET).

All relevant information, formalities and documentation can be found in the call for proposals as well as in the:

A checklist is available to assist you in preparing your application:

Your proposal must include the following compulsory standard documents, accompanied where indicated by the required attachments:

Forms for contracts

The forms to communicate the legal or banking coordinates for a contract or subvention, and the general conditions on low-value contracts.

Model agreements

Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) 

Annex 2 - Not applicable

Annex 3 - Accession form (see below in SGA)

Specific Grant Agreement (SGA)

Annex 4 -      Specific rules (see Model General Grant Agreement)

Questions about the call

Questions must be sent to ECFIN-BCS-2024-CALL-QUESTIONSec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ECFIN-BCS-2024-CALL-QUESTIONS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu). 

Applications sent to this mailbox will not be accepted.

Deadline for asking questions:  06 June 2024.